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The problem in this thinking is that what humans were at creation they are no longer as a result of the fall. It does not follow that humans were created with an ability to repent when, before the fall, there was no need of repentance.

The Archangel

 

Think that hell is God granting the lost final wish, as those who despised God on earth would see heaven as their hell!

 

Is salvation all of God and His grace, or does He have us cooperate in that saving process?

 

No, precedes receiving Jesus as Lord!

 

Nothing happened outside of the will and plan of God, and Adam and all save Lord Jesus born with a sin nature, and no longer "fully free to choose"

 

No, you actually question God, but you do not fathom you are doing so.
I understand that God very clearly tells us that he elects to have mercy on whom he wills and to harden whom he wills.
Is that my theology or is that God speaking?
Romans 9:18
So you see, God chooses to show mercy to some, and he chooses to harden the hearts of others so they refuse to listen.

 

Since you later will bring up the so-called "argument from silence," it must be pointed out that you are making an argument from silence here.

Adam and Eve could have obeyed or disobeyed. They disobeyed. Their disobedience--which was rebellion--was sin. Sin is not its own thing; sin is the absence of obedience to God. Sin happened as a result of disobedience and, thus, "entered the world."

Paul is not silent on the origin of sin and evil.

The Archangel

 

Are you asking here if God caused them to fall?

 

Let's look at Titus 3:4-7.
But—“When God our Savior revealed his kindness and love, he saved us, not because of the righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He washed away our sins, giving us a new birth and new life through the Holy Spirit. He generously poured out the Spirit upon us through Jesus Christ our Savior. Because of his grace he declared us righteous and gave us confidence that we will inherit eternal life.”
Notice that Paul agrees with what he said in Romans 9:18.
So you see, God chooses to show mercy to some, and he chooses to harden the hearts of others so they refuse to listen.

sbg, it's all God's choice and God's work. Stop trying to wrestle salvation away from God.

 

They state that God caused them to fall?

 

Let's look at Paul's argument in Romans 11. You will see it's not the entire human race.
Romans 11:26-32
And so all Israel will be saved. As the Scriptures say, “The one who rescues will come from Jerusalem, and he will turn Israel away from ungodliness. And this is my covenant with them, that I will take away their sins.” Many of the people of Israel are now enemies of the Good News, and this benefits you Gentiles. Yet they are still the people he loves because he chose their ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. For God’s gifts and his call can never be withdrawn. Once, you Gentiles were rebels against God, but when the people of Israel rebelled against him, God was merciful to you instead. Now they are the rebels, and God’s mercy has come to you so that they, too, will share in God’s mercy. For God has imprisoned everyone in disobedience so he could have mercy on everyone.

Tell me why you believe in universalism in the one verse you quoted. You likely don't realize you are arguing for universalism (all humanity being redeemed), but you actually are making such an argument by taking half of a sentence and turning it into something you want rather than trusting all that God tells you.

Again, you recoil at God having the Supreme authority to have mercy on whom he wills and harden whom he wills.
"Why do you, oh man, talk back to God?" Paul asks you that very question in Romans 9. sbg, why do you fight against the word of God?